@CalamityJames - It really is worth the upgrade. On the original I never used 3D (because, you know), now I have it on all the time. The slightly larger screen is nice too (I found the XL to be too big for my liking). Reply0

It took some years, but this looks to be the first game I want to buy a PS3 for! It looks absolutely gorgeous!
I guess there's no way this will be ported to the 360? ;) WiiU perhaps? That might be able to make it past the financial department (aka "the missus" ;)) Reply+3

Let's first have the home consoles run games at native 1080p@60Hz ok. I really couldn't care less about anything higher than that, which is just a total waste of memory and bandwidth.
@TheRealBadabing - indeed: you will only notice a difference when you're really close to the screen, which you typically aren't in a livingroom. Reply+49

@darkmorgado - Well, think about it: How many people do you need to create a Dizzy game for iOS? I would say a couple of graphics artists, a game designer and a programmer (maybe two). Only a slight step up from the couple of people that made the originals.

It's not like they're creating a huge game here. That was actually the point I was trying to make. Reply-1

@Ironlungs76 - My kids (5 & 8) bought this (after selling some of their toys). The availability of the figures isn't as bad as it was with the 1st version (at least here in Holland). However half of the figures are not available directly at launch. The other half will come later, much to my kids dismay as they had already chosen which ones to get (and guess what). In the end we now have at least one of each type, plus 2 giants. This should be enough to keep them busy to complete both games :)
The original figures keep all their coins/level/hats/etc. btw.
Also, the lightcore figures don't appear to have any special use (like opening areas), which I was expecting.
Anyway, the kids (and their friends) are loving this just as much as the 1st version, so you can't really go wrong. Reply+3

Loved Picross DS, so this'll be an instabuy :) I hope there will be a large number of harder puzzles. Wouldn't mind getting them via DLC either: if there are games screaming for DLC, it's puzzle games like this. Reply+4

Just kidding ofcourse. Absolutely love Skyrim (not encountered any bugs yet), but Minecraft has taken over my console for now.
As asked above: is this a "stand-alone" expansion or integrated a la Mass Effect? Reply+5

On a side-note: what's the deal with all these games being sold as "mature" all of a sudden? It's not like that will make the game be any better. And I like my games to be "fun" - for me Star Wars is (was) all about adventure, not "mature" whatever.

Now this looks interesting! Will the beat matching be like guitar hero or more like Ouendan? Both were personal favourites of mine on the ps2 and ds respectively. Plus Zen studios means this could turn out pretty cool. Now if could only have more reasons to buy a Vita... Reply0

My 7 year old son bought this last weekend and I was truly impressed. What I really appreciated is they localized the whole thing (including speech), and did it really well! Also, everything is explained in spoken words, so for my kids it really is an interactive cartoon.

I do wonder if the bad points of the game will really be noticed by kids though (I only have 2 references :)). Reply+8